[jcifs] Problems with Wins Resolution

[Michael B. Allen]

On Wed, 25 Sep 2002 22:00:03 -0500
"Christopher R. Hertel" <crh at ubiqx.mn.org> wrote:

> On Tue, Sep 24, 2002 at 03:22:47PM -0400, Michael B. Allen wrote:
> :
> > > You might be able to solve the problem by setting the
> > > jcifs.smb.client.domain property to point to a PDC (any PDC) in your
> > > network.
> > 
> > jcifs.smb.client.domain is only used for authentication but this brings
> > up a good point. We could have a jcifs.netbios.workgroup parameter to
> > use with the 0x1d query. I don't think we do that now. It might work
> > with jcifs.smb.client.domain but I don't recall.
> 
> My thought was that it could also be used to do a <1B> query.  The DMB 
> will also have the list of workgroups available, so if you don't have an 
> LMB on the local subnet at all, but you have a default workgroup and an 
> NBNS, you might still have a chance of getting "SMB://" to work.
> 
> > > Mike: correct me if I'm wrong, but by setting this property I *think* that
> > >       jCIFS will be able to contact the DMB for the given NT-Domain.  If
> > >       my guess is right (remembering some now-ancient e'mails on the
> > >       list), if the NT-Domain is set jCIFS will try querying the Domain
> > >       Master Browser (the <1B> name) for the browse list.
> > 
> > That is only if you specify a workgroup/server name so it doesn't apply
> > to the 'smb://' only case.
> 
> ...unless there was a default workgroup.  The default workgroup, by the
> way, is not part of the SMB URL.  Samba and Windows have a default
> workgroup already, so this would just bring jCIFS up-to-speed in that
> sense.

Am I hearing you correctly? Wouldn't that really screw up the
semantics? If you get the servers who are members of your default
workgroup using just 'smb://' then how do you get the workgroup list?

> 
> > If you specify 'smb://foo', to find out what 'foo' is it will query for
> > that name with 0x1b if you specify WINS and 0x1d if you don't. It also
> > looks for the 0x20 name in concert:
> 
> Makes sense, though it might be good to look for the <1D> name first.  The 
> <1D> entry will have a more up-to-date picture of the local LAN, while the 
> <1B> will have a better snapshot of the NT-Domain as a whole.  Hmmm... I'm
> not really sure which is better.
> 
> :
> :
> > AKA you don't have a local master browser (..__MSBROWSE__.<01>) to
> > give you the list of domains Andrea. MS clients are installed with a
> > 'workgroup' name that they can use to find a domain master browser in
> > which case it doesn't need to look fot the LMB.
> 
> ...but Windows clients will look for the LMB first (unless they are in P
> mode).  In fact, I don't believe that a Windows M, H, or B mode node will
> query the DMB directly.  They all query the LMB (which may send them to a 
> backup browser).
> 
> Chris -)-----
> 
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